Nasdaq and NYSE Add Momentum to Pyth’s Market Data Push
Nasdaq and NYSE are among the latest institutions to embrace a market data distribution model designed around software-based consumption, joining a Pyth Network ecosystem that already includes data publishing institutions such as Cboe Global Markets, Jane Street, Fidelity, Coinbase, Virtu Financial and Jump Trading. Pyth is now an external distributor of Nasdaq Basic, the exchange...
Date: 1 December 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes The UK, EU and Swiss markets move to T+1 settlement on 11 October 2027, but the first binding compression arrives almost a year earlier. ESMA’s amended settlement discipline RTS expects allocation and confirmation completed by 23:00 CET on trade…
Now in its 10th year, the RegTech Summit in New York will bring together the RegTech ecosystem to explore how the North American capital markets financial industry can leverage technology to drive innovation, cut costs and support regulatory change.
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook. Supervisors increasingly expect firms to demonstrate which rules apply, which data supports each obligation, who owns the control and how exceptions are identified and resolved. Policies and implementation programmes must now be supported by records that can withstand regulatory scrutiny. This edition examines material…
Nasdaq and NYSE are among the latest institutions to embrace a market data distribution model designed around software-based consumption, joining a Pyth Network ecosystem that already includes data publishing institutions such as Cboe Global Markets, Jane Street, Fidelity, Coinbase, Virtu Financial and Jump Trading. Pyth is now an external distributor of Nasdaq Basic, the exchange...
Data management and reconciliation provider NeoXam has launched a dedicated team in the UK, bringing sales and servicing closer to UK clients to win more local business and strengthen its global footprint. The French company, who’s software and technology helps companies oversee and manage more than 25 trillion euros of assets, has begun with a...
Nosible, the AI-driven alternative data provider, has launched World V2.0, an enhanced global event database designed to help institutional investors extract structured intelligence from the vast quantities of unstructured information published online. The release also underpins Atlas, the company’s recently introduced knowledge graph, which connects organisations, individuals, products and locations through historically traceable relationships. The...
FundApps and SteelEye have launched RegSensus, a new entity combining regulatory monitoring and reporting with trade and communications surveillance following completion of their merger in September. The business targets two sources of duplicated compliance work: firms rebuilding datasets for separate obligations and interpreting the same regulations independently. Announced on 27 October, the merger aims to...
Hedge fund performance is increasingly won or lost on the quality of the data driving the model, rather than on the sophistication of the model itself. Data fragmentation, wherein the same underlying economic reality is represented inconsistently across providers, systems and time, goes beyond an administrative nuisance to become a direct drag on business performance....
Financial markets are at an inflection point in their relationship with artificial intelligence. The question is no longer whether to invest, it is how quickly institutions can move from experimentation to operational deployment, and what separates the firms that are scaling from those still stuck in extended pilot phases. The gap is wider than most...
Equities markets are becoming more fragmented, interconnected and continuously available. Liquidity is spreading across venues and geographies, trading hours are extending, and firms are processing more market data and supporting increasingly complex execution workflows. These changes are placing new demands on trading infrastructure. Many traditional platforms continue to deliver excellent latency and throughput, but were...
The FIX Trading Community has published new Recommended Practices for ETF creation and redemption processing, establishing a common electronic messaging framework designed to improve automation and interoperability across the global ETF market. Developed by the FIX ETF Working Group, the standards address fragmented workflows and proprietary integrations between ETF issuers, authorised participants, market makers and…
Private capital market intelligence provider PitchBook’s recent acquisition Lumonic is to become PitchBook Lens though remain a standalone platform whose customer data will remain separate from the parent company. “As PitchBook Lens, our job stays the same: build the tools our customers need and keep making their work easier,” said Kevin Hsu, chief executive officer…
Moody’s Ratings and Chainlink Labs have successfully completed a pilot exploring the cross-chain distribution of credit ratings powered by Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperabilty Platform (CCIP). The pilot demonstrated how the Moody’s Ratings Token Integration Engine (TIE) could support the simultaneous distribution of credit ratings across multiple blockchain networks as tokenised market infrastructure continues to evolve. As…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted no-action relief confirming that Canton Coin, the native token of the Canton Network is a digital commodity, not a security. The SEC’s decision also covers the minting of Canton Coin by network participants – including Super Validators, Validators, and application providers – confirming that such minting…
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has launched an EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM). The service combines transaction reporting with a dedicated 24/7 back-reporting channel, error correction and data analytics to help firms manage reporting quality and remediation. The launch follows DTCC’s introduction of its UK MiFID ARM…
Fourthline and Veridas have completed their merger, combining know-your-customer (KYC) and compliance decisioning with biometric, document, voice and anti-fraud technology. The transaction closed on 3 November after meeting its closing conditions. The companies first announced the agreement on 16 July. They said the combined platform will support identity, compliance and fraud-prevention requirements across more than…
Eventus has partnered with Synova Global to integrate its Validus trade surveillance platform into the latter’s exchange-as-a-service infrastructure, initially supporting NativX, a marketplace for trading compute capacity. The agreement will provide real-time monitoring and surveillance capabilities designed to detect potential market manipulation and support market integrity across exchanges launched using Synova Global’s technology. NativX, Synova’s…
Broadridge has integrated Kalshi event contracts into its CQG trading platform, enabling retail and institutional investors to access prediction markets alongside futures, options and equities through existing trading interfaces and APIs. The integration provides direct trading access and market data through CQG, incorporating event contracts into its execution, risk management and portfolio monitoring capabilities. Brokers…
B2BROKER has expanded the AI capabilities of its B2TRADER trading platform, introducing Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectivity and an integrated AI Chat interface to support account analysis and automated trading. The MCP integration allows traders to connect external AI agents, including Claude, ChatGPT and custom applications, to retrieve market data, review portfolios and issue natural-language…
Bloomberg has launched a domain-grounded conversational artificial intelligence coding assistant, BQuant Assistant, that is integrated into BQuant Desktop and BQuant Enterprise. The tool enables users to write code, construct applications and accelerate data analysis using natural-language prompts. The assistant operates directly within the Python environment to generate code, answer questions, query datasets and run scripts…
Symbol Master, which provides standardised options symbology and reference data for the financial services industry, said its API solution has been approved for full production utilisation. The API Dashboard provides a single interface that gives clients access to 35 data API endpoints to retrieve data, query historical ranges and check data availability. Access can be…
Tokenisation infrastructure-as-a-service pioneer tZERO Group is listing as a public company via a merger with FG Imperii Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company. The transaction values tZERO at a pre-money equity valuation of $350 million. The combined entity plans to list on the NYSE American exchange under the ticker “TZRO”. Existing shareholders will roll…
S&P Global Ratings has partnered with blockchain oracle Chainlink to make S&P Global Vault Risk Assessment data available on chain. The integration gives institutions and investors direct access to independent vault risk analysis, enabling market participants to evaluate lending vault risks and make more informed decisions about where to deploy capital on chain. The integration…
Trading Technologies now supports trading on Bitstamp by Robinhood’s digital asset markets. Institutional market participants can access Bitstamp by Robinhood’s crypto spot and derivatives markets alongside other asset classes, including futures, fixed income and foreign exchange within TT’s multi-asset environment. TT becomes the first major traditional-markets order/execution management system (O/EMS) to connect directly to Bitstamp by Robinhood,…
Maryland based StarCompliance has added an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to its Analytics product, allowing compliance teams to question connected employee and firm data in natural language. The agent returns responses as text, charts or tables. It is intended to reduce the manual work involved in producing compliance analysis and management information. Users can create…
Market-infrastructure technology provider Vermiculus has appointed Alexander Kilian as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Kilian will coordinate security and compliance across the company’s operations, products and customer engagements. His remit includes governance, risk and compliance, third-party risk reviews, artificial intelligence governance and customer security requirements. The appointment gives formal organisational responsibility to work Kilian already…
OneTrust has made three executive appointments covering operations, legal and compliance, and enterprise technology. Jim Monroe moves from Chief Customer Officer to Chief Operating Officer. His expanded organisation will combine corporate operations, business transformation, customer experience, go-to-market enablement and partner delivery. Kimberly Paine joins as Chief Legal Officer and will lead OneTrust’s legal and compliance…
Xceptor has appointed Keith Redmond as Chief Technology Officer, strengthening its technology leadership as the capital markets data automation provider expands its AI capabilities and modernises its platform architecture. Redmond succeeds Xceptor founder Dan Reid, who will remain involved in the business as a strategic adviser and Non-Executive Director on the company’s board. With more…
Quorum 15, the independent financial markets industry forum, has appointed James Baugh, Managing Director and Head of European Market Structure at TD Securities, as a Non-Executive Director. Baugh brings nearly 30 years of experience across investment banking, exchanges and market infrastructure. He joined TD Execution Services, formerly TD Cowen, in 2021, contributing to the development…
Data engineering and assurance company QualityAI has appointed Kenny Small as Managing Director for the UK to oversee regional operations. Small, who has worked at QualityAI for 13 years, previously served as Global Leader and Senior Vice President of the Enterprise practice. He will report to Chief Executive Andrew Duncan and is based in the…
SOLVE, the fixed-income market data and predictive pricing provider, has appointed Joe Plastina as co-CEO alongside co-founder Gerard Nealon, with fellow co-founder Eugene Grinberg transitioning to chairman. Plastina, previously SOLVE’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer, brings more than 25 years of experience in finance, corporate development and operations at enterprise technology companies. His…
Nasdaq has appointed Andrew Murray as Senior Vice President, Financial Technology, Asia-Pacific, strengthening its regional leadership as it expands its technology partnerships with financial institutions and market infrastructure providers. Based in Singapore, Murray will oversee client relationships and business development across the region, supporting banks, exchanges and other financial institutions pursuing technology modernisation and operational…
Non-profit advocacy organisation Ethereum Institutional has appointed David Duong as Head of US, based in New York City. Duong brings 20+ years in institutional markets research, most recently as Global Head of Investment Research at Coinbase where he led crypto research for the exchange’s institutional clients, covering economic insights, valuation models and market structure. Before…
Infront has appointed Jeff Caldwell as Head of Content, effective 1 October, with responsibility for the financial data provider’s content strategy, data quality, governance and delivery processes. Caldwell joins from Deutsche Börse Group, where he served as Product Manager, Market Data, overseeing analytical infrastructure supporting pricing, reporting and decision-making. Previously, he spent almost four years…
MKI Global Partners has established a new emerging markets advisory practice, initially focusing on Latin America, and appointed Alex Alencar as Managing Director to lead the expansion. The new practice will support MKI’s existing clients pursuing investment and business opportunities in emerging markets, while advising regional investors and companies navigating complex situations in international markets….
Smarsh has appointed Alessandro Silva as Chief Growth Officer, a newly created role bringing its Enterprise, Corporate, Public Sector and Global Channel business units under one commercial strategy. The former ACI Worldwide executive will lead the company’s commercial approach as it expands across international markets. Smarsh says the structure will speed decision-making and improve consistency…
Shield has appointed Michelle Clark as Global Communications Surveillance Expert, bringing experience from HSBC into its product strategy for communications surveillance and risk governance. Clark will help shape the company’s AI development and support customers’ adoption of its technology. Clark brings more than 20 years of global banking experience, including as Global Head of Communications…
Clearstream has appointed Philippe Mueller as Head of Digital Products and Transformation for Clearstream Fund Services, effective immediately, as the Deutsche Börse Group business continues developing its digital fund infrastructure. Mueller will oversee the development and adoption of digital fund solutions, focusing on distributed ledger technology (DLT), fund distribution, transfer agency innovation and private markets…
Caplin Systems has appointed Steve Charlesworth as Chief Technology Officer, taking responsibility for the company’s technology strategy as it expands its institutional trading solutions into new asset classes and markets. Charlesworth brings nearly 20 years of experience in electronic FX trading technology, having held positions at UBS, BBVA, Morgan Stanley and Crédit Agricole CIB, alongside…
Post-trade settlement specialist Tokenovate has hired William L’Heveder as its Chief Revenue Officer. He brings more than a decade of experience across capital markets, strategy and commercial leadership, with over seven years at BMLL, a provider of historical market data and analytics. He also worked as Boston Consulting Group and as a derivatives trader. His…
Building on our expansion into the alternative data market, A-Team Group is proud to be launching a new awards program. These awards will recognize and celebrate the industry’s most innovative providers and services, spotlighting excellence in this rapidly evolving space.
We are thrilled to unveil the winners of the Data Management Insight Awards USA 2026. These awards celebrate the leading vendor solutions and companies that deliver high-value, innovative data management capabilities to financial institutions in capital markets across North America.
It is our privilege to celebrate the outstanding achievements of this year’s winners at the 2nd annual AI in Capital Markets Awards. These awards have been designed to recognise exceptional AI applications advancing innovation in capital markets.
